The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-07-06
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The horsemen of the City of Mex
leo are subscribing money to aid the
city in repaving the streets so that they
may be able to use their horses.
cage Herald
"A Winnipeg photographer has put
himself in a way to have fine lot OF
libel suits. He recently exhibited a
case full of photographs of his debtors
each being labelled with the name, adj
dress, and Indebtedness of the person
represented.
The Gar has an album with the
pictures of all the Nihilists who have
been implicated in plots against his
life When the last attempt was made
he remarked that The album would soon
be filed, as there were only few pages
left.
An office in connection with the
Greenwich hospital, England, was abol-
ished, the occupant thereof receiving
gratuity of 81, 500 and a pension OF
$4,000, and the office was soon after
re-establshed with a new title and a
salary of $4,000.
1t has been discovered within a
short time that the schools which edu-
cate the bulk of German children
teach German history only down to the
year 1912, SO that all contenporaneous
history remains unknown to them.
The London General Omnibus
Company pays ayearly dividend Of 12l
per cent. The average price paid for
their new horses is $40. They had
one horse die on their hands every day
in the year. To carry 10000, 900 pas
sengers a year they have 75O omni-
buses in service.
AT the present time there are on
the pension lists of the British army
the names of widows of officers to
whom pensions were granted seventy
years ago. Some of these widows
must therefore be from one hundred to
one hundred and thirty years of age.
But the average Englishmaa is scep-
teal on this point, preferring to be-
liove that there is fraud somewhere. -
PhiiGdelpbia Call.
Generally man dies leaving less
properly than he supposed that he
owned. The Baron du Meuil, of Brus-
sells, however, thought he owned but a
small property, and after making a
few legacies. directed the remainder to
be spent on his tomb. Some 100000
has been found to have belonged to
him, and his heirs are trying to find
out whether it must all go into a
mausoleum.
An immense kiln in the center of
| the tobacco warehouses at the London
docks goes by the name of the Queen
Tobacco-pipe." 1t is kept burning day
and night, and merchandise seized for
non-payment Of duty, or because it is
considered under the law damaged or
unstable, is burned in the kiln, the
owners having no remedy. The ashes
are sold for fertilizing purposes.
MIR. A. Rea has discovered at Ma
habalipur or Seven Pagodas-some
thirty miles south of Madras. on the
| Coromandel coast-a hitherto unno-
ticed cave temple. in addition to those
already known to exist there. A move
feature is that 1t has in front a double.
moulded detached basement, with sock
! cts for wooden posts. Mr. Rea has also
found a short Pallava inscription
which may be of Importance, for none
of the other inscriptions at Mahabali.
pur supply any clue to their date.
The hvalide Russo, the ot1icia
! journal Of the minister of war, give:
the effective forces of the car on tn,
first of January, 1886. According t.
this account the Russian regular army
numbered at the time 1924, 1852 soldiers
and 3d. 55 generals and officers. TIL,
reserves amounted to 1,600.S15 men
The militia of the first call counted
2,160, 900 men. And this withou
counting the Finland regiments.